Academic Response to Hybrid Threats 610133-EPP-1-2019-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Activities
The Fourth International scientific and practical conference “MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSES TO HYBRID THREATS”
Invites you to participate in the Third International scientific and practical conference “MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSES TO HYBRID THREATS”.
The conference will be held online on November 22, 2023.
The plenary meeting on the Google Meet platform is scheduled for 13.00 Kyiv time at the following link: https://meet.google.com/xop-xrxx-avp?authuser=0&hs=179&pli=1
InfoDay
17/10/2024
V International Scientific and Practical Conference “Management and Administration in Countering Hybrid Threats” within the WARN Project
On October 17, 2024, the State University of Infrastructure and Technologies, together with the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics, held the V International Scientific and Practical Conference “Management and Administration in Countering Hybrid Threats to National Security,” which took place online. The event was organized within the framework of the Erasmus+ project “Academic Response to Hybrid Threats” (WARN), which has been bringing together scholars and specialists for several years to exchange experiences and develop innovative approaches to national security protection in the face of contemporary challenges.
This year’s conference focused on the topic of resilience, which plays a key role in countering hybrid threats. The workshop titled “Resilience as the Foundation for Countering Hybrid Threats” featured a series of presentations from leading scholars and experts dedicated to the development of strategies and approaches for enhancing the resilience of states and societies in the context of modern hybrid threats.
Participants had the opportunity to learn about the research results and practical solutions developed within the WARN project, particularly innovative methods of countering hybrid threats through academic and educational platforms. The WARN project aims to adapt advanced European experience and best practices to Ukrainian realities, taking into account the specific nature of both local and global threats.
The conference covered a wide range of topics, from hybrid security to the challenges of preparing new management professionals in the context of national security threats. Special attention was paid to innovative approaches to teaching and education, based on the experience of countering hybrid threats, as well as the role of psychological and cognitive factors in building resilience at both the individual and societal levels.
In addition to theoretical presentations, the conference also served as a platform for showcasing new educational materials and tools developed within the WARN project, particularly training resources for preparing teachers and specialists from various professional fields to counter hybrid threats.
As the event concluded, participants agreed on the need to continue work on resilience at all levels—from academic research to practical solutions. The WARN project continues to play an important role in this process, contributing to the development of innovative approaches and uniting the efforts of the academic community to strengthen national security. The conclusions of the V International Scientific and Practical Conference reaffirmed the relevance and necessity of further research and collaborative work in the field of countering hybrid threats at all levels.
16/09/2024
Training for teachers: teaching methods in conditions of hybrid threats
On September 16, 2024, the National University of Ostroh Academy hosted a training for teachers of universities that are part of the Consortium within the framework of the Erasmus+ project “WARN – Academic countermeasures to hybrid threats (610133-EPP-1-2019-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE -JP)”.
The purpose of the event was to spread innovative teaching practices acquired during trainings at European partner universities of the WARN project. The team of teachers of the NURE EC department, headed by the head of Department Prof. T.V. Polozova took an active part in this event. The participants had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with pedagogical approaches aimed at improving the quality of education in the conditions of modern challenges and threats.
The training began with a speech by Professor Anatoliy Hudoliya, head of the Department of English Philology of the National University of Ostroh Academy, who spoke about the introduction of the latest teaching methods into the educational process. His report emphasized the need to adapt teaching approaches to the rapidly changing conditions of modern education and the security landscape.
Oksana Hrytsuk, associate professor of the Department of Psychology of the Horliv Institute of Foreign Languages (Bakhmut-Dnipro), shared her experience of using the Kahoot platform as part of “inverted learning”, which allows students to better learn the material through interactive tasks.
Valentyna Zasadko, the director of the School of Public Administration of UCU, presented an interesting and important speech, where the case method as an effective tool in teaching topics related to countering hybrid threats was presented.
Maria Golovyanko, associate professor of the Department of Artificial Intelligence of NURE, drew attention to the importance of an interdisciplinary and multicultural approach in education, which helps to prepare students for their respond to the complex challenges of hybrid threats.
The training was completed by the speech of Alla Atamanenko, professor of the National Academy of Sciences, who highlighted the issue of using dilemmas as an important component of training specialists in the field of international relations and national security.
A lively discussion of the proposed approaches allows us to say that the event became an important platform for the exchange of experience between professors and lecturers teachers. Such creative interdisciplinary interaction of teachers really contributes to the introduction of innovations into the educational process, which will prepare a new generation of students for the challenges of the modern world.
19-23/02/2024
WARN team representatives visit the European University in Coimbra (Portugal)
The visit to the University of Coimbra (Portugal) was a continuation of the cycle of trainings conducted by the European partners of the WARN project for Ukrainian educators. The visit took place at 19-23 February, 2024.
At this event the EC department was represented by the head of the department, professor, doctor of economic sciences T.V. Polozova and deputy dean of the ITM faculty, associate professor, candidate of economic sciences O.V. Murzabulatova.
Professional speakers from Portuguese public organizations and teachers of two faculties (the Faculty of Economics and the Faculty of Science and Technology) of the University of Coimbra shared their experience and knowledge.
The interactive format of the trainings contributed to discussions and discussions of security topics, in particular in the following areas:
– prospects and trends of CSDP (Common Security and Defense Policy);
– mental health and its recovery in conditions of military conflict;
– psychological monitoring and intervention in crisis situations;
– excellence in teaching and scientific management;
– cyber security and governance in the EU.
The materials obtained during the visit will be used in the future to update not only the project educational and professional program:
educational and professional program (EPP) “Management of financial and economic security” of the second (master’s) level of higher education, specialty 073 Management,
but also for all other educational programs according to which the EC department prepares applicants for the second and third levels of higher education, in particular:
educational-scientific program (ESP) “Economics” of the third (educational-scientific) level of higher education, specialty 051 Economics;
educational and professional program “Economic Cybernetics” of the second (master’s) level of higher education, specialty 051 Economics.
This will contribute to the formation of sustainability and the dissemination of project results, strengthening the interdisciplinary nature of the department’s scientific research and general educational synergy between the participants of the WARN environment.
01/24/2024
Another working meeting of the WARN project
The next working meeting of the WARN project (Erasmus+ Capacity Building Project 610133-EPP-1-2019-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP “Academic Response to Hybrid Threats”) was held on January 24, 2024. Coordination of further project work was discussed at the working meeting.
According to the results of the meeting, the EC department, as a member of the project consortium, begins to perform a number of tasks. The main task of this project year is to update the educational and professional program “Management of financial and economic security” of the second (master’s) level of higher education in the specialty 073 Management for admission in 2025.
The WARN project envisages “fine-tuning” of educational components, educational content, and and methodical development of the educational and professional program “Management of financial and economic security”based on:
- the cycle of trainings of EU-partners of the project, which started with a visit to the University of Tartu (May, 2023) and will be continued this spring with visits to the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and the higher engineering school ECAM-EPMI (Sergies, France);
- a study of the current state of the security landscape within the framework of the work of the WARN environment, in particular, based on the materials of two conferences, which have already managed to become communicative platforms of the WARN project for scientists, project experts and acquirers:
Modern strategies of economic development: science, innovation and business education.: Materials of the 4th International Scientific and Practical Conference (Kharkiv, November 1, 2023)Ed.: Doctor of Economics, Prof. T.V. Polozova. Kharkiv: HNURE. 2023. 232 p
Management and administration in conditions of counterin hybrid threats to national security: Materials of the 4th International Scientific and Practical Conference (Kyiv, November 22, 2023). Kyiv: DUIT, HNURE, MNTU. 2023. 821 p.
- analysis of feedback from the target groups of the WARN project, in particular: (1) based on the results of the first year of teaching disciplines on countering hybrid threats (2022/2023) – the corresponding Report WARN _Feedback_First year_2023 was published on the website of the WARN project, (2) based on the results of the second year of teaching (2023/2024), which will be collected until July 2024; links to questionnaires for all target groups are also available on the WARN project website.
Guide to training methods in conditions of hybrid threats
One of the extremely important results of the WARN project, namely, a manual on the methodology of training in the conditions of hybrid threats, was presented at the working meeting of the WARN project on January 24, 2024.
The manual contains the results of research and development of the entire project consortium, which are universal. The obtained results are not tied to any specialty and can be applied in the educational process of any educational program. The recommendations outlined in the manual will help the teacher to prepare professionals who are resistant to modern challenges.
The proposed methodology is an integral component of the formation of unique competence formulated within the framework of the WARN project: the ability to perform one’s professional and public duties in unexpected, unforeseeable, even extreme situations caused by hybrid threats.
Such competence cannot be formed only on the basis of appropriate educational content. It is necessary to help acquirers to develop the skills of comprehensive protection against specific hybrid threats. This is the task performed by the proposed method.
The manual is publicly available. Information about manual and a link are posted on the WARN project website. On the basis of the training methodology in the conditions of hybrid threats, project activities will take place – mini-courses for improving the qualifications of teachers (announcements will be presented).
Manual Citation:
Методика навчання в умовах гібридних загроз: посібник / Е. Балашов, М. Білоконь, Т. Борозенцева, М. Головянко, С. Гришко, Т. Жовтенко та ін. – Харків: ТОВ “ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНИЙ ЦЕНТР ГРУП”, 2023. – 84 с. DOI: https://doi.org/10.62067/978-617-8242-02-2
12/26/2023
Open lecture on the course “Analyzing and Countering Hybrid Threats in Business Management“
The innovative course “Analyzing and Countering Hybrid Threats in Business Management” was created as one of the elements of updating the educational and professional program “Management of Financial and Economic Security” of the second (master’s) level of higher education within the framework of the Erasmus+ project “WARN: Academic Response to Hybrid Threats” (610133-EPP-1-2019-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP, 2019 – 2024). This discipline teaches our applicants to adapt work processes and personal space to the complex and unpredictable situations posed by hybrid threats.
On 12/26/2023, an open lecture on the course “Analyzing and Countering Hybrid Threats in Business Management” was held in accordance with the schedule of mutual and control visits of the Economic Cybernetics and Management of Economic Security (EC) department. A lecture class for applicants of the second (master’s) level of higher education, specialty 073 Management of the educational and professional program “Management of financial and economic security” on the topic “The place of business in the landscape of hybrid threats” was conducted by an associate professor of the Department of EC, Candidate of Economic Sciences, national coordinator of the project WARN Gryshko Svitlana.
The following staff were present at the lecture:
- V. Doroshenko, Dean of the Faculty of Information and Analytical Technologies and Management of NURE, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor;
- T. Polozova, Head of the Department of Economic Cybernetics and Management of Economic Security NURE, Doctor of Economics, Professor;
- A. Shafronenko, associate professor of the department of informatics of KhNURE, associate professor, deputy dean of the faculty of information and analytical technologies and management of NURE.
The open lecture demonstrated not only the compliance of the classroom classes of the EC department with the requirements of the educational process, but also the development of the educational and professional program “Management of Financial and Economic Security”on the basis of the implementation of the results of the WARN project (according to its main work packages):
- 2WP: a new course and a new teaching method developed within the project;
- 3WP: implementation of new educational content and new pedagogical approaches in the educational process;
- 5WP: access of educational and professional program “Management of Financial and Economic Security” applicants to project materials of the WARN environment.
Thanks to the mechanism of mutual visits, the open lecture also performed the functions of a demo event, which was aimed at ensuring the sustainability of the results of the WARN project. The open lecture demonstrated to the faculty management the possibility of introducing new courses on countering hybrid threats in other educational programs of our faculty.
15th September, 2023
Workshop on teaching methodologies developed within Erasmus+ projects
On 15 September 2023, participants of the WARN project NURE, representing two Departments, namely Economic Cybernetics and Management of Economic Security and Artificial Intelligence, together with colleagues from International Scientific And Technical University named after academic Yuri Bugay (ITSU, Kyiv) held the Workshop “Co-evolution “Business-University”: New Realities – New Practices” which disseminated the methodological results of three Erasmus+ projects, namely WARN, JoInME and UniCities. The workshop delivered new teaching practices for effective learning in response to the dramatically changed security situation caused by unpredictable challenges like pandemics or wars.
The event was held in Kyiv, which allowed more than 70 representatives of the academic society and business from Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, as well as internally displaced persons from the temporarily occupied Donetsk and Donetsk region.
The specially invited speaker, Dr. Svitlana Shytikova, Coordinator of the EU project “National Erasmus+ Office in Ukraine”, presented the new opportunities of the Erasmus+ program and the significant importance of project synergy and team interaction to strengthen the impact of projects at different levels, which was clearly demonstrated by the teams of three projects who combined experience, efforts and results in the newest methodological framework.
During the seminar, the national coordinator of the WARN project, associate professor of EC Dep. Svitlana Gryshko demonstrated the advantages of novel approaches to learning in the conditions of new realities caused by hybrid threats. The short tutorship made to the teaching audience demonstrated practical methods, which elicited lively feedback from colleagues.
Such project` results enable the direct joint contribution of EC and AI departments to sustainable growth through the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, namely SDG4 (Quality Education) and SDG8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth).
We would like to express our special thanks to the host of the event – International Scientific And Technical University named after academic Yuri Bugay (ITSU, Kyiv), in particular – to the rector, Prof. Veronika Hudolei, and the first vice-rector, Prof. Oksana Karpenko.
23th August, 2023
We inform you about the intention of three Erasmus+ projects to hold the Workshop “Business-University Coevolution: New Realities – New Practices” (September 15, 2023, Kyiv).
The event aims to demonstrate new teaching methods developed under the project to counter hybrid threats and a project on training entrepreneurs in advanced industries to create international multidisciplinary startups, as well as the advantages of synergy of project results. Among other projects, the Erasmus+ KA2 project “Academic countermeasures to hybrid threats – WARN” 610133-EPP-1-2019-1-FI-EPPKA2 will be presented -CBHE-JP, the co-executor of which is the EC department.
Please note that the event will be held face-to-face at the address: Kyiv, prov. Khersonskyi 3, ZVO International Scientific and Technical University named after Ac. Yuriy Bugaya, aud. 302, Hall of the Academic Council. If there is an opportunity and desire, please join the participants of the event in Kyiv.
The press release of the event with a link to the registration
25th July, 2023
The WARN project was presented at the monitoring cluster event of the National Erasmus+ office in Ukraine
The national coordinator of the WARN project, associate professor of EC department Svitlana Gryshko took part in the monitoring cluster event of the National Erasmus+ office in Ukraine, where she presented the current results of the WARN project (610133-EPP-1-2019-1-FI-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP “Academic Response to Hybrid Threats”) and shared the experience of adapting project work to the increased turbulence of the external environment.
The monitoring cluster event was held on July 25, 2023 in the form of a webinar “European integration: ensuring sustainable development of higher education and society in Ukraine”.
Such monitoring cluster activities are conducted by the National Erasmus+ office in Ukraine under the EU Erasmus+ Program with the aim of spreading leading experience and monitoring the results of projects in the direction of Higher education potential development, ensuring synergy between projects operating in a certain cluster, promoting the thematic priorities of the EU Erasmus+ Program , including quality, digitization and inclusion.
18th July, 2023
We have received fantastic news today from The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA): the WARN project has been extended for one year, until November 15, 2024! This decision is a result of:
– recognition of the exceptional significance of the WARN project aimed at enhancing national security and overcoming the shortage of security services caused by the emergence of hybrid threats;
– acknowledgment of the quality of project outcomes: updating educational programs and developing new courses and teaching methodologies, establishing a research WARN environment based on multi-domain technological laboratory hubs to counter hybrid threats, awareness-raising efforts through LLL courses and national educational platforms, and more;
– recognition of the capability of the WARN project to contribute to the development of social resilience by raising public awareness about hybrid threats.
In the insightful words of the WARN project grant holder, Timo Tiihonen (Finland): “Project WARN is not about the changes that will happen after the war, it’s not about the changes after the Victory. Project WARN is about the changes that contribute to the Ukrainian Victory.”
22 November, 2022
The Third International scientific and practical conference “MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSES TO HYBRID THREATS”
Invites you to participate in the Third International scientific and practical conference “MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSES TO HYBRID THREATS”.
The conference will be held online on November 22, 2022.
The plenary meeting on the Google Meet platform is scheduled for 11.00 Kyiv time at the following link: https://meet.google.com/xop-xrxx-avp?authuser=0&hs=179&pli=1
Authors are invited to join the event and submit an abstract on the following topics:
1. Hybrid threats – modern challenges for Ukraine.
2. Management of organizations and administration.
3. Management of foreign economic activity.
4. Management of socio-cultural activities.
5. Public administration.
6. Entrepreneurship under conditions of dynamic changes of economic environment.
7. Globalizing aspects of the use of information and communication technologies.
The conference is a fully virtual event.
Working languages: Ukrainian, English.
Participation in the conference and publication of abstracts is free.
Each conference participant will receive an electronic certificate.
The conference is registered in UkrINTEI (certificate № 427 dated 03.10.2022).
WARN-workshop in Lviv
Project WARN tested the new format of the project work for conducting the Workshop in Lviv on October 18-20, 2021. For three days the WARN project team worked in “hybrid” interaction communicating alive at the locations of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) and online via Zoom.
The NURE’s interfaculty team was represented by the national project coordinator Associate Professor Svitlana Gryshko (EC Department), the team leader of developers of master’s programme “Artificial Intelligence Systems” Mariia Golovianko and executive project manager Liudmyla Titova, meantime Head of the EC Department Prof. Tetiana Polozova, and Professor of the AI Department Nataliia Ryabova, joined the online format.
During the meeting, informative trainings were held for the developers of the WARN-project:
– training on adversarial learning within the fight against hybrid threats and cognitive hacking in particular;
– sharing knowledge obtained by representatives of the WARN-project in the Summer School of the University of Jyväskylä within the course “Changing Security and Hybrid Threats”.
The “hybrid format” provided access to the new unique content not only the project team but also students of partner universities.
Team members also synchronized and coordinated the activities of the second work package (WP2) aiming at the adaptation of study programs to the new context of hybrid threats:
– updating the profiles of master’s programs (in particular, the study programmes of NURE “Financial and Economic Security Management” and “Artificial Intelligence Systems”);
– development of the common project course “Hybrid Threats and Comprehensive Security” and special courses of the study programmes;
– development of a new method of proactive learning under conditions of protection against hybrid threats;
– Updating the interactive Hybrid Threats Glossary.
Photo – M.Golovianko
National project coordinator Dr. Svitlana Gryshko tells about expected adapted study programmes (master’s and LLL)
